Hair piece and attaching comb therefor



May 21, 1929.

M. FINKELSTEIN HAIR PIECE AND ATTACHING (20MB THEREFOR Filed April 26,1928 attoxwuad.

Patented May 21, 1929.

UNITED: STATES.

MORRIS FINKELSTEIN, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK i HAIR PIECE AND ATTAGHI'NGCOMB THEREFOR.

Applicationfiled April 26, 1928. Serial No. 272,979.

This invention relates to a hair attaching comb therefor.

It is particularly aimed to provide such an article as is adapted forfeminine wear to cover the bob.

An important object also is to provide a construction which willefiiciently secure and lock the article in the hair and especially inshort or bobbed hair.

A further object is to provide a comb for the foregoing purpose,composed of superposed and united comb elements the outer one of whichis spaced from the longitudinal edges of the inner one, and the innerone having holes above the outer comb member to accommodate stitching orthe like, to secure a hair piece thereto, the arrangement generallyenabling the comb to conform to the shape of the head and the hair pieceto simulate the natural lay of the hair.

With the foregoing and additional objects such as will be pointed out orbecome apparent in the accompanying description, the invention has beenembodied in one practical form as illustrated in accompanying drawings.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a comb and attached hairpiece constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is an elevation of the comb and another form of hair pieceattached thereto:

Figure 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the comb unit, alone, and

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the plane of line H ofFigure 3 and having a hair piece attached to the unit.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like referencecharacters designate like or similar parts, 10 designates a main comband 11 designates a lock comb. Said combs 10 and 11 are made of anydesired material such as horn, celluloid, amber and the like, so as tohave slight flexibility and as at tached to the hair, are relativelyinner and outer. Said combs have top bars 12 and 13, respectively whichare cemented, fused or in any other manner permanently connectedtogether in unitary form.

The combsin plan, as in Figure 1, are generally slightly arcuate so asto conform to the shape of the head of the wearer, and comb 10 hasgenerally parallel tines 14 and the comb 11 has sinuous lock tines 15,which are disposed in contact with the tines 14 and expiece and tendpartly over the tines 14 and partly across 8 the spaces therebetween.

Comb 11 is narrower than and spaced from both the upper and lower edgesof the comb 10 and bar 12 has openings 16 therethrough, usually in pairswith one pair adjacenteach end thereof.

Hair pieces 17, as shown in Figures 1 and 4, or a hair piece 18, asshown in Figure 2, may be secured to the comb unit as by means ofstitching 19 passing through the openings or holes 16. The hair pieces17 and 18 are of different shapes and are simply examples of the manyshapes or forms with which the comb unit may be used.

Also the pieces 17 and 18 need not, necessarily, be of hair as they maybe ribbons or other ornaments. The hair pieces 17 and 18 preferably havestrips of fabric 20 secured thereto which accommodate and are engaged bythe stitching 19. V

With a hair piece 17 or 18 attached by stitching 19 as shown in thedrawing, the unitary combs 10 and 11 are engaged with the hair at thebob so as to arrange the hair piece over the bob. The short hair of thewearer, at the bob, is eifectively received between the tines 14 and 15being well gripped and held by the lock tines 15 due to their specialshape, to correspondingly securely fasten the hair piece in place. Nobulk ensues from the stitching 19 as it is above the upper edge of theinner comb 11. Also since t mm is clearance or space above and below theouter comb, the hair piece above and below the outer comb may restdirectly against the bar 13 and lower edges of the tines 14, enablingthe de-- vice to fit intimately against the head, conform to the naturallay of the hair, and effectively be concealed.

Changes may be resorted to, provided they fall within the spirit andscope of the invention.

Iclaim as my invention 1. An attaching comb of the class described,comprising a comb member provided with a bar and tines extendingtherefrom, a comb member having a bar superposed on the first mentionedbar and bodily and immovably fixed thereto, the second comb memberhaving sinuous resilient lock tines superposed on and arranged incoacting relation with the first mentioned tines, the second mentionedmember being outermost and spaced from the upper and lower edges of thefirst mentioned comb member, the first mentioned comb member havingholes therethrough to enable attachment of a hair piece.

2. An attaching comb of the class described, comprising a comb member offlexiblc material provided With a bar and tines extending therefrom, acomb member of the same flexible material as that first mentioned havinga bar superposed on the first mentioned bar and bodily and immovablyfixed thereto, the second comb member having integral sinuous lock tinessuperposed-on and ar ranged in coacting relation with the firstmentioned tines, the second mentioned member being outermost and spacedfrom the upper 15 and lower edges of the first mentioned combmember,,the first mentioned comb member the hair piece in place.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

MORRIS FINKELSTEIN.

